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Wednesday, June 12, 2013

School’s Out - for the Summer!

Rabbi Yakov Horowitz sent me the following note: “Please
consider posting relevant parts of this information on your site so we can get
the message out before summer camp and keep our kids safe(er).”

I am happy to comply and not only post parts of it - I am
posting all of it. It follows.

Dear Parents:

Please don't rely on anyone else to do what is your
overriding and primary responsibility as a parent - to keep your children safe
and secure. The greatest gift you can give them is to become well versed in the theory
and practice of child safety education so that you can help keep them safe
and secure at all times.

This is not something that you can outsource to others.

Educating parents about child safety and giving you the
tools and language to have these conversations with your kids in an effective,
research-based manner has been our highest priority for the past 4-5 years.

With the
chesed of Hashem, we are pleased to inform you that as a free public service, The
Karasick Child Safety Initiative of The Center for Jewish Family Life/Project
YES just released three "Child Safety On-the-Fly" mini-videos
which can help you learn and then convey the critical messages of child
safety to your children.

Here are links to view the three videos on YouTube and below
are additional links to download them from our website free of charge if your
filter blocks YouTube content, or should you wish to store it on your PC or
mobile device for future use.

1. Video #1 http://youtu.be/O3i9Gdlbw1g -
Introduction: Brief overview of the four safety messages and some insight to
why they are so effective

Although they were made as an educational supplement to our
groundbreaking children's safety
book,"Let's
Stay Safe!",and thedownloadable
read-aloud video version of the book, they are designed to be
free-standing as well, meaning that one does not need to have the book to
benefit from viewing these videos. We also took care to exclude any Jewish
content in these videos so the broadest range of parents can benefit from them.

Please note that the 4-5 minute videos of the
"On-The-Fly" series were created to reflect the shorter attention
spans and faster pace of life nowadays - where most of us are far more likely
to view a short clip on our tablets and/or smartphones than sit down to review
a half-hour video. Having said that, the 32-minute free Child Safety Video
which we released several years ago is still available here and
please consider viewing that one as it contains more details and background
information that you may find helpful. You can also find a host of free
resources on child safety
here including a 3-page
introduction to our Child Safety Book by the renowned child safety
expert Dr. David Pelcovitz.

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My outlook on Judaism is based mostly on the teachings of my primary Rebbe, Rabbi Aaron Soloveichik from whom I received my rabbinic ordination. It is also based on a search for spiritual truth. Among the various sources that put me on the right path, two great philosophic works stand out: “Halakhic Man” and “Lonely Man of Faith” authored by the pre-eminent Jewish philosopher and theologian, Rabbi, Dr. Joseph B. Soloveitchik. Of great significance is Rabbi, Dr. Norman Lamm's conceptualization and models of Torah U’Mada and Dr. Eliezer Berkovits who introduced me to the world of philosophic thought. Among my early influences were two pioneers of American Elementary Torah Chinuch, Rabbis Shmuel Kaufman and Yaakov Levi. The Yeshivos I attended were Yeshivas Telshe for early high school and more significantly, the Hebrew Theological College where for a period of ten years, my Rebbeim included such great Rabbinic figures as Rabbis Mordechai Rogov, Shmaryahu Meltzer, Yaakov Perlow, Herzl Kaplan, and Selig Starr. I also attended Roosevelt University where I received my Bachelor's Degree - majoring in Psychology.